Garment or ironing press



1930- E. J. SCHR EMP ET AL 7 2 GARMENT OR IRONING PRESS Original Filed April 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IHVENTORS Philip W. Bran/n [dwar'd J 56/1/1/7770 ATTORNEYS I Nov, 18, 1930- w E. d. SCHREMF ET AL 1,782,101

GARMENT OR IRONING PRESS Original Filed April 1 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 1 8 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT orlncr.

EDWARD J. SCHREMP, OF BEECHEURST, AND PHILIP N. BRAUN, F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE PROSPERITY COMPANY, INC OF SYRACUSE,'NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK p I GARMENT 0R IRONING PRESS Application filed April 19, 1924, Serial This invention relates to garment finish ing machinery and in particu ar to conveyor and what we call combination tray presses.

An object is to produce improvements in respect to pressing machinery and garment handling means whereby the work is ra idly placed within the press and removed t erefrom. To this end our invention is soconstituted that the press operator is removed from the vicinity of the press jaws rendering personal accidents impossible, and the garment is spread out upon a fiat conveyor or tray surface where visibility of the work is exceptionally good and the operator is nothampered by having to spreadthe garment across and into the hot press jaws.

A further object is to produce what is sometimes referred to as a roll-in-and-out press having a double work conveyor or carrier running on different tracks and in opposite directions, the two or more work carriers being operatively connected together by a cable or other similar driving connections which run from one work carrier around suitable wheel means or pulleys to the other work carrier, so that the motion of one carrier is transmitted to the other, whereby the two carriers simultaneously move in opposite directions and travel into the press jaws and then reverse and move out of the jaws.

Furthermore our improvements increase the working efliciency of pressing machines as regards the production, in that the quantity of work turned out is somewhat increased because the operator does not lose timebetween pressing operations for while one garment or set of garments is being treated in the press or heating zone, the operator is engaged in spreading out garments on the conveyor and making ready for the next pressing operation.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention, the accompanying drawings show a two-part or multi-unit garment conveyor, but other forms, or even a single conveyor, may be incorporated into the pressing machine; and a feature of the invention is the roll in and rollout double tray which crosses one over the other in approaching and leaving the press. Our conveyor improvements No. 707,576. Renewed April 11, 1930.

constitute a large saving in floor space because, regardless of the size of conveyor tray,

apron or other means for holding the garment, the space set aside adjacent the macovered by the machine and supports usually was three times that of the conveyor tray employed which was due to the fact that as one form, tray, or conveyor moved into the press from one side, the other tray bearing the finished goods was ejected from the press on the other side, either this was true or the conveyor was single capacity. Weemploy a back and forth conveyor, the units of which pass over or under each other going in opposite directions, and which are moved in and out ofthe press from one side of the machine only,,and therefore several trays occupy the spaceof one tray.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan View of the two-part conveyor or work carrier shown here as two connected trays adapted to operatein unison over track rails whereby one conveyor part is ejected from the pressing machine or garment treating zone as the other conveyor unit approaches the said zone. 4

Figure 2 shows a partial end view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1 illustrating the tray or conveyor unit structure.

Figure 4 shows an end diagrammatic view of the conveyor when separate trays are employed, and this diagram illustrates how the plurality of trays, usually two, are connectventional pressing machine with each conve or mounted thereon.

eferrin now more particularly to the drawings fbr a detailed description of the invention, there is shown a pressing machine frame 10 on the upper end of which is carried a press lever or yoke llpivoted at 12. A press head 13 is mounted on the front of the press lever and moves to and from a buck 14 rigidly supported on the frame 10. The

. head 13 opens and closes against the buck 14 in a manner like jaws and the said pressing members or jaws meet in pressing relation at the pressing plane designated by the numeral 15, and it is important to note, as will be hereinafter described, that our multi-tray conveyor is so constructed and arranged as to cause all the conveyor elements, usually two trays, to uniformly move into the pressing jaws and come to rest in alignment with the jaw meeting pressing plane 15. The rear end of the press lever or yoke 11 is fitted with an adjustable link 16 pivoted at 17 thereon, and said link 16 is pivoted at 18 upon the upper link 19 of a closing pedal 20, the said pedal being pivoted at21 on the frame 10. A kick-off pedal 22 is-pivoted at 23 on the press frame and carries a lug 24 disposed underneath the pedal 20, the arrangement being such that the toggle 1619 is broken rearwardly when the operator presses the kick-off pedal 22, thus causing the spring 25, facilitated by the counterweight 26, to raise the press head 13 to dotted line position in Figure 6.

A conventional type pressing machine has been described for the purpose of facilitating the disclosure of the invention, and it is understood how our conveyor improvements, where of the tray type, apron, or other means, are capable of being used in connection with any suitable type of pressing machine. A description of the fundamental principles and one embodiment of our conveyor will now be described; and it is understood that one of the improved points in our invention is the combination of a pressing machine with the conveyor.

Referring back to the first five figures in the drawings, a rectangular tray frame 30 is usually constructed a little larger than the pressing aws of the machine with which the trays are to be used, and a canvas stretcher 31 is held tautly in the frame 30 by lacings 32; and the stretched canvas support 31 holds the garments between the press jaws. For convenience in description, one of the trays is denoted by 30 while the other tray is pointed out by the numeral 29. In Figure 1 the press jaw 14.- is shown disposed underneath one of the trays which illustrates how one garment tray is left in pressing position for treatment of the work 'or garment thereon while the other tray is held in outward position in front of the press for the purpose of enabling the operator to remove the finished garmenflwand place additional garments thereon. c

The trays 29 and 30 are constructed in duplicate which decreases the cost of production; and a corner anchor bracket 34 is fastened at each of the four corners of all of the trays and are provided with shafts 35 upon which are mounted rollers. Rollers 36 are carried by the tray 29 and run along the inner track rail 37. The said tray 29 undergoes a straight back and forth movement in and out of the press jaws along the track 37. The tray 30 is fitted with front rollers 38 which are adapted to roll on the track rails 39 while the rear edge of the tray 30 is equipped with outside wheels or rollers 40 adapted to travel back and forth on the outer track section 41.

Our improvements constitute means for:

crossing one conveyor tray over the other during the in and out or back and forth travel to and from the press, and one means to this end resides in the novel track structure illustrated but other facilities may be employed to accomplish this result without departing from the principle of our invention. It is to be noted that the inner track rails 37 are made full length which permits the tray 29 to run the full length thereof and pass underneath the tray 30. On the other hand, the outer track 39-l0 is made in two sections as denoted by the numerals 39 and 41, and the rear tray wheel shaft 35 reaches across the track rails 37 and 39 in order to find support on the buter upper track section 41. The forward or outer end of the track 37 is bent down at an angle to the horizontal as shown in Figure 6 as well as the front track sections 39 for the purpose of bringing the tray to outward rest where it is held in convenient position for the loading thereof. The inner track system alongside the pressing jaws is horizontally disposed and so constructed as to cause the conveyor stretcher supports 31 to move into the pressing plane It is to he noted that one of the trays, in i this instance 30, has its rollers or wheels mounted upon two separate tracks. The forward rollers 38 roll upon the short track sections 39 while the rear wheels 40 roll back and forth on the short rear outer track sec tion 41. The object of this structural arrangement, as aforesaid, is to cause one tray to travel past the other in a back and forth movement. By observing Figure 6, it is noted that the wheels 40 of the tray 30 will travel to a rear inner p'ress position and come to rest on the back end of the rails 41 which rolls the tray 30 into the pressing plane 15, and simultaneously therewith the front wheels 38 of the tray 30 come to rest on the rear end of the track rail 39, assuming of course the said tray 30 is moved back into the press when the jaws thereofare open. As the tray 29 moves forward out of the ress jaws, it rolls along the entire length 0 the rails 37 and comes to rest on the front end thereof underneath the position originally occupied by the tray 30.

A flexible connection 43 connects the front edges of the trays and passes around a roller 44 while flexible connection 45 is established between the rear edges of the two trays and passes around a roller 46. It is observed that the movement of one tray initiates the movement of the other thereby causing the two trays to move in unison. The operator having loaded the tray 30, gives it a rearward push sending it into the press which simultaneously draws the tray 29 out of the press.

In the operation of the machine, we will assume that the press jaws are open and the forward tray 30 has been properly loaded with garments. The operator gives the tray 30 a rearward thrust which rolls it along the track 39 and 41 causig the said tray to assume the position occupied by, the tray 29.

This action causes the tray 29 to simultaneously travel forward and come to rest in front of the operator whereupon the press jaws are closed by depressing the pedal 20 or by actuating of other suitable means; and the toggle 16-19 locks past center line position to hold the press closed. The operator new removes the pressed garments from the e ected tray and reloads the same, and by the time the new tray ismade ready for pressing,

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the tray and garments within the jaws are ready for ejectment therefrom which is carried out by depressing the pedal 22 and repeat-ing the tray movement as described.

Gur pressing machine and conveyor possesses the advantage of periodically exposhe joined tray units as end positions, withtaking up space at each end or at the front and back ofthe machine and constitutes an advance in the art in that respect. Furthermore old. presses employing double trays which moved all the way through the press, as distiguished from ours which moves hack and forth only, required two operators,

to each side or the press while one operator is required for this new machine.

It is now seen that there is produced a conveyor press or other work treating ma.- chine wherein is provided a set of trays or other work carriers which operate from one side of the machine, i. e. one tray passes the other in going back and forth from the work man to the press. In this way, a tray leaves the workman, passes into the jaw treating zone and returns to the same workman mstead of passing on through the press to another workman on the other side. The trays therefore travel back and forth and the invention is frequently referred to as the back and-forth conveyor .type of press as diseach of the conveyor, assuming the tinguished from other types of conveyor presses.

What we claim is 1. A conveyor press comprising a heating zone into which the work is conveyed for treatment, a pair of tray receptacles sup-- tray to rest in place for treatment inside the heating zone.

2. A conveyor press comprising a heating zone into which work is conveyed for treatment, work carrying trays, a track on which one tray rolls, a second track on which the other tray rolls and being arranged above the first named track permitting the trays to move in opposite directions one above the other, both tracks having one terminal thereof bent down to the same plane so that each tray moves into the same location in the heating zone, both tracks having the other terminals thereof arranged in-downwardly and outwardly extending position relatively to the heating zone to bring the trays into convenient loading position outside of the heating zone.

3. A pressing machine comprising a heating zone into which the work is conveyed fbr heat treatment, drying, ironing or'the like, in combination with conveyor means adapted to hold the work and move it into and out of the zone, separate work carrying units included in the conveyor means, guide means on which each separate unit travels and adapted to direct one unit past the otherin their respective travel to and from the heating zone, roller means at each end of the guide means, and flexible connections included in the conveyor means and attached to the Work carrying units and operatively running over the roller means whereby the work carrying units are shifted in opposite directions to and from the heating zone.

4. In a garment and ironing press, a conveyor including a pair of work carriers arranged one above the other, a pair of tracks one above the other and a work carrier aforesaid mounted to run back and forth on each track, the work carriers passing one above the other, a pressing means at one end of the tracks to successively engage each carrier and finish the work thereon, a roller means at each end of the tracks; and operative flexible connections running around the roller means and attached to the work carriers to at one end of the track to and from the pressing means'at the other end of the track.

5. In a garment and ironing press, a conveyor including a pair of work carriers arranged one above the other, a pair of tracks and finish the work thereon, a frame at each end of the pressing means and projecting forwardly therefrom and supporting the tracks, a roller means journaled on the forward end of each frame and a roller means disposed to the rear of the pressing means, a pair of flexible connections one pair for each end of the pressing means and each flexible connection disposed about a roller means to run thereover and being operatively attached to the work carriers to shift them back and forth from between the pressing means to the operator at the other end of the tracks.

6. In a press, jaw means to finish the work, a frame at each end thereof projecting away from one side of the jaw means, an upper and lower set of conveyor guides and a roller at each end thereof carried on the frame, said conveyor guides having one end thereof terminating proximate the rear edge of the jaw means and the other end terminating in front of the jaw means supported on the outer end of the frame, flexible operating and.

pulling connections at each end of the jaw means running parallel to the conveyor guides and around the rollers at each end thereof, and a work carrier means mounted to travel on each conveyor guide and attached to the flexible connections, whereby movement of the flexible connections causes the work carriers to travel back and forth in opposite directions crossing one above the other to and from the jaw means.

7 In a press, an upper and lower set of spaced parallel conveyor guides, jaw means at one end of the conveyor guides, a work carrier on one set of conveyor guides and normally at rest at one end thereof between the jaw means and in a position to be subjected to compression thereby, another work carrier on the other set of conveyor guides and normally at the other end of said guides while its'work is being changed, operating means interconnecting the work carriers to simultaneously shift them in opposite directions whereby they pass one over the other at the center of the conveyor guides, said operating means including a movable memher at each end of the conveyor guides and being disposed between said'guides. and a connection made between each movable memher and each work carrier. said connections movably operating in parallel relation to the sets of conveyor guides.

8. In a press, upper and lower work carriers and jaw means to successively engage and finish the work on each, upper and lower spaced supports on which the work carriers respectively travel back and forth from one side only of the jaw means and whereby the work carriers pass one over the other traveling in opposite directions, said supports being mounted in a substantially horizontal position having their one ends terminating proximate the rear edge of the jaw means and their other ends being disposed in spaced relation from the front edge of the jaw means, a roller means journaled between the spaced supports at each end thereof, and a flexible connection running around the roller means at each end of the supports and having an upper and lower traveling portion thereof operating proximate the upper and lower supports, the up per portion of the flexible connection being attached to the upper work carrier and the lower portion being attached to the lower work carrier, whereby movement of one portion of the flexible connection in one direction transmits movement thereof around the roller means to pull the other portion in the other direction to actuate said work carriers as aforesaid.

9. In a press, two sets of tracks one spaced over the other, a work conveyor on each track and hence adapted to pass one over the other, jaw means at one end of the tracks to successively engage each work conveyor to finishthe work thereon, a roller means journaled at one end of and between the spaced sets of tracks, a second roller means also journaled between the sets of tracks and being disposed in spaced relation from the first named roller means, and a drivin connection for interlinking the two work conveyors and including pulling means running parallel to the tracks and around the spaced rollers to simultaneously shift said conveyors in opposite directions in and out of the jaw means to and from the operator at the other end of the tracks.

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10. A pressing machine comprising a heatlike, in combination with conveyor means adapted to hold the work and move it into and out of the zone/separate work carrying units included in the conveyor means, guides on which each unit runs and by which to direct one unit past the other in their respective travel to and from the heating zone, locating means proximate the heating zone and made a part of the guides by which each unit is successively moved on its respective guide into the same location and plane as the other unit, and roller means together with a flexible operating connection running thereover and which is operatively connected to the work carrying units.

'11. A machine comprising a heating zone into which the work is conveyed for heat treatment, drying, pressing and the like, in combination with conveyor means adapted to hold the work and move it into and out of the zone, separate units constituting said 5 conve or means, a double deck guide means embo ying two sets of rails one arranged above the other, a conveyor unit carried on each set of rails, and roller and cable means connecting the units one with the other such that movement of one conveyor unit toward the zone pulls the other unit out of the zone in an opposite direction to and past the other unit. In testimony whereof we afiix our signa-' l5 tures.

v v EDWARD J. SCHREMP.

PHILIP N. BRAUN. 

